What is in your cup?

[lucasfernan89]

Aguardiente

[dreams]

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down
of the big lake they called "Gitche Gumee."
The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead
when the skies of November turn gloomy.
With a load of iron ore twenty-six thousand tons more
than the Edmund Fitzgerald weighed empty,
that good ship and true was a bone to be chewed
when the "Gales of November" came early.

The ship was the pride of the American side
coming back from some mill in Wisconsin.
As the big freighters go, it was bigger than most
with a crew and good captain well seasoned,
concluding some terms with a couple of steel firms
when they left fully loaded for Cleveland.
And later that night when the ship's bell rang,
could it be the north wind they'd been feelin'?

( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6U219P_zs7w )

We got lucky last night... just some wind and rain....

[snip]

Stitchawl

I'm glad you didn't have to deal with the big storm and I love the Edmund Fitzgerald song! Classic blast from the past.

Originally Posted by CRussel

Good morning, all. Finishing up a breakfast of eggs from my chickens, scrambled with some wild BC salmon I smoked, and a big glass of fresh squeezed OJ. Yum!

Brewing now: Peet's Lion Mountain Keemun.

My boss and a friend have chickens and I envy the fresh eggs they always have. We grew up having chickens, but they roamed free in the fields around our house. I just hated cleaning the coops and plucking them! (Well, I didn't like the various roosters we had, either. ) I would like to have them in my backyard now, but just don't want to deal with keeping them confined to the back and then cleaning up after them. There really is such a big difference in fresh and store bought eggs.

[ProfCrash]

The weather is going to suck this week. 90-100 and humid. We have reserved spots at work that are never used. I am using them this week. My normal spot is about 1/4 of a mile away and I am not walking that far in that heat at 38 weeks.

[Billi]

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

Billi, the Brits usually celebrate on July 4th. That's the day they no longer had to deal with us Colonials.

It was an allusion to the European Football Championship (soccer), not to history and big politics.

[orlok]

Originally Posted by Billi

Really? Thought the English have something to celebrate tonight!

Water here too.

Indeed we do . But I'm on the wagon for a while until I get past these back problems, and now suspected Gout in my big toe and one finger...

Coffee in my cup.

[Stitchawl]

Originally Posted by orlok

Indeed we do . But I'm on the wagon for a while until I get past these back problems, and now suspected Gout in my big toe and one finger...

Coffee in my cup.

Johns Hopkins Arthritis Health Alert reports data that drinking four cups of coffee daily lowers risk of Gout. But isn't Goute the disease of the Bourgeoise? Too much living the high life these days, Orlok?

(I can't even begin tell you what I had to do to figure out how to spell bourgeoise....)

Time for an afternoon cup of Ceylon Uva. It really is so much better than the Ceylon Dimbulla...



Stitchawl

[orlok]

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

Johns Hopkins Arthritis Health Alert reports data that drinking four cups of coffee daily lowers risk of Gout. But isn't Goute the disease of the Bourgeoise? Too much living the high life these days, Orlok?

(I can't even begin tell you what I had to do to figure out how to spell bourgeoise....)

Time for an afternoon cup of Ceylon Uva. It really is so much better than the Ceylon Dimbulla...

Stitchawl

It's surprising what can supposedly cause or trigger Gout, including:

sugar-free diet drinks (pdurrant, look out...)
herring
sardines
mussels
low vitamin C
aspirin
diuretics

...but it is most likley alcohol related. So I'm off the booze, perhaps permanently . I wish I could blame it on the high life, but mundanely it is probably just those few bottles of red wine a week that have done it for me.

Cherry juice in my cup. Good for Gout!

[Stitchawl]

Originally Posted by orlok

...but it is most likley alcohol related. So I'm off the booze, perhaps permanently . I wish I could blame it on the high life, but mundanely it is probably just those few bottles of red wine a week that have done it for me.

Well, by my way of thinking, a few bottles of wine a week is rather a lot... But that's me, who only drinks one glass a night, and if it's tequila or rum that amounts to about a shot or so. The Bombay Sapphire is a bit more, but not much. I like the tastes but I don't like the 'feeling' that alcohol gives.

Regardless, I hope that cutting out the wine works for you. Gout usually isn't usually one of the recommended activities or suggested happenings at resorts, so get rid of it quickly!



Stitchawl

[ProfCrash]

Starting my last week of quiet and relative calm with OJ and Skim Milk.

[CRussel]

Originally Posted by dreams

My boss and a friend have chickens and I envy the fresh eggs they always have. We grew up having chickens, but they roamed free in the fields around our house. I just hated cleaning the coops and plucking them! (Well, I didn't like the various roosters we had, either. ) I would like to have them in my backyard now, but just don't want to deal with keeping them confined to the back and then cleaning up after them. There really is such a big difference in fresh and store bought eggs.

There are lots of solutions for keeping chickens in your backyard that simplify the process and allow them reasonable amounts of room to range, without having them all over the neighbourhood. A good resource is BackyardChickens.com. Our girls do occasionally wander out of the yard, but never far and always come back at night to roost in their coop, the "Taj MaHen" I built.

The difference in fresh eggs is, as you say, remarkable. And besides, they're such a pleasure to have around. (Well, mostly!) No rooster, of course. And no plucking since these are purely layers.

A large glass of fresh squeezed orange juice. To go with two of those eggs, over easy, and a couple of rashers of home cured bacon.

[ProfCrash]

I am trying to picture Caya and Cooper with chickens.

Yeah that is not gonna work.

[SandyHarper]

empty

[dreams]

Originally Posted by CRussel

There are lots of solutions for keeping chickens in your backyard that simplify the process and allow them reasonable amounts of room to range, without having them all over the neighbourhood. A good resource is BackyardChickens.com. Our girls do occasionally wander out of the yard, but never far and always come back at night to roost in their coop, the "Taj MaHen" I built.

The difference in fresh eggs is, as you say, remarkable. And besides, they're such a pleasure to have around. (Well, mostly!) No rooster, of course. And no plucking since these are purely layers.

A large glass of fresh squeezed orange juice. To go with two of those eggs, over easy, and a couple of rashers of home cured bacon.

Thanks for the link. I have thought a lot about doing this, but neighbors all around me have dogs and cats (the cats come into my yard to drink or lay by the pond). I would have to clip wings and pretty much keep them enclosed to keep them safe. By the time I did the complete set up it would take me years to recoup expenses - just for the few fresh eggs I wanted each week. I decided it was easier and cheaper to get fresh eggs from my boss and friend.

While typing this I had a great idea. I could talk one of my brothers into having chickens. One lives in the middle of their almond orchards (they have fruit trees and vegetables close to the house) and the other has cattle. Hummm... I'll have to start talking to them.

Morning coffee and biscotti.

[ProfCrash]

Rooibos Ginger is the tea of choice today. Munching on some nuts to try and make it through my sleepy phase.

[aceflor]

Originally Posted by ProfCrash

Rooibos Ginger is the tea of choice today. Munching on some nuts to try and make it through my sleepy phase.

I am waiting for this baby to come and say hello to all his supporters at MR !

A mix of soda water and readymade green icetea , at 10 kcal a glass, and you know what ? It is very tasty !